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Chinese Youth Rework Lunar New Year Rituals: From Obligation to Boundary-Setting
As Chinese young adults face intrusive questioning during Lunar New Year visits, they are adopting new strategies—preparing stock answers, diverting conversation, avoiding visits or educating elders—to protect personal boundaries. These practices reveal broader tensions between ritual obligations and modern pressures such as urbanisation, housing costs and delayed family formation.
China’s 2025 Marriage Spike: Policy Changes and Folklore Produce a Likely One‑Year Bounce
China saw a sharp increase in marriage registrations in 2025—driven by a removal of hukou limits in a revised Marriage Registration Ordinance and auspicious lunar‑calendar timing. Analysts warn the rise is probably a temporary rebound and that deeper economic constraints will determine longer‑term marriage and fertility trends.